Hydes Brewery Ltd Manchester - Find Real Ale Beer and Cider in Manchester Hydes - XXXX Malty - 6.8% A seriously strong and robust high strength true Winter ale. Smell: Spicy, malt, toffee Taste: Rich, sweet, toffee Malt: Perle Pale Ale, Crystal Hops: Fuggles, Challenger, Target XXXX Seasonal Not Currently Brewing: Amazing Grace, Berry Good Ale, Fine & Dandy, Friendship, Goalden Drop, Hubble Bubble, Hydes First Frost, Jekyll's Gold, Loose Cannon, Mild, Over A Barrel, Paddock Wood, Plum Treat, Ship Shape, Splash and Dash, Swift Delivery, Thirst Aid, Ticketyboo, Tightrope, Winter Fuggle, Yule Be Back The Nursery Inn in Heaton Norris (near Stockport) : Pubs Galore View the full twitter feed for Nursery Inn Reviews of The Nursery Inn (Average Rating: 9½ of 10) Add Review see review guidelines ROB Camra left this review about The Nursery Inn This is an ex CAMRA National Pub Of The Year (2001).

It's a recently, sympathetically, refurbished community pub right in the middle of a good quality estate. Two large rooms, both nicely done, with a small snug with a separate entrance to the side. Lot's of great wood panelling as part of its "Nationally Important Pub Interior". Well priced, good looking meals were coming out of the kitchen on my Friday, early evening visit. 9 handpumps on the bar, beers are mainly from Hydes including their Beer Studio micro, plus a couple of guest ales. My pint was in very good nick and I settled down in the busy, buzzy front room. This is a very well run pub and if I lived around here this would be my local. On 14th January 2016 - rating: 9 [User has posted 2254 recommendations about 2196 pubs] Please Note: This review is over a year old. Real Ale Ray left this review about The Nursery Inn This was our first pub to visit on the day and what a good place to start. We walked up from the station and this was at least a 20 min walk. We arrived just on opening time which is 11.30.

First job was to sample their Hydes beers, which I have to say, were all kept extremely well. The manager and staff were friendly and chatty and made you feel very welcome. We decided to stay for lunch as prices were good and when we saw what was coming out of the kitchen, how could we refuse - so top marks to the food also. There were seven ales on, so we went for the Hydes Manchester Bitter, Lowry and 1893 Light Mild. Great pub and well worth a visit. On 24th April 2014 - rating: 10 [User has posted 1984 recommendations about 1984 pubs] Please Note: This review is over a year old. John Bonser left this review about The Nursery Inn In an attractive, leafy residential area, a mile or so north of Stockport, is The Nursery Inn, a large unspoilt 1930’s suburban roadhouse set in a narrow cobbled cul de sac which is part of a conservation area and forms the southern end of Green Lane.

As we enter the pub, we see a mat in the doorway reminding us that The Nursery Inn was CAMRA National Pub of the Year in 2001, together with a splendid collection of CAMRA Good Beer Guide stickers on the doors glasswork. Just inside the door on the wall, we see a framed potted history of the pub from which we learn that the pub used to be the headquarters of Stockport County A F C ( now sadly languishing in the Blue Square Premier League ) when the club’s ground was behind the pub.. It’s a large multi roomed well appointed pub with a carpeted and comfortable oak panelled lounge at the front which is used as a dining room at meal times. Here we have fixed seating, an old brick fireplace and old bell pushes by the seats. Passing down the corridor we reach a smoke room. This is similar in style to the lounge, but does not have the intact oak panelling of that room. The walls are decorated with old pictures of the pub and the area, some Hydes Brewery memorabilia and many photos of the pub’s bowling teams over the years. A large bay window with some Art Nouveau glasswork depicting gardening implements overlooks the bowling green.

A central three sided bar servery serves both rooms, together with the small bar lobby. There’s a downstairs vault with its own separate entrance at the other end of the building, which is not always open and I didn’t get to see it. In the corridor, there’s a large trophy cabinet and we learn that The Nursery Bowling Club was established in 1917 and a list of Past Presidents is displayed on a wooden plaque. For its unspoilt 1930’s interior, the pub gets a listing in CAMRA’s National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. At the end of the corridor, double doors leads out to a few steps up to the pub’s own immaculately tended bowling green. There’s seating round parts of the perimeter for spectators and players alike and, on the right hand side, is the clubhouse, resembling a mini cricket pavilion. On my recent visit, members were out practising in the warm spring sunshine and it is clear that the bowling green is a central focus of the pub’s activities. Pleasingly, plastic glasses are not required for outside drinking. There’s a rather old fashioned, genteel and refined atmosphere throughout the pub, enhanced by the absence of TV’’s and fruit machines.

On my mid week lunchtime visit, its popularity with diners, drinkers and bowls players was clearly evident. It’s a Hydes pub and was offering Original, 1863 and Owd Oak from that brewery. Notably 2 guests were on – Marble’s Manchester Bitter and the rarely seen Brains IPA. An Allgates beer was coming next. Beers sampled were in good form.and the pub is a CAMRA Good Beer Guide regular. I think it’s worth the shortish walk from Stockport town centre to do this one On 5th April 2012 - rating: 8 [User has posted 559 recommendations about 559 pubs] North West: Still very much a family affair - Regional Focus Regional Focus Ask the Editor Tastings School - North West: Still very much a family affair From basics to more advanced topics, the Beer School has all the info to expand your knowledge and enjoyment of your beers, ales and lagers. Categories Regional Focus North West: Still very much a family affair The North-West of England is still a healthy area for quality beer.

Andrew Catchpole picks out the best buys Howls of protest greeted the closure of Boddington’s historic Strangeways Brewery last year and the later buy-outs of both Jennings and Burtonwood by Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries further upset aficionados of real ale. However, this spirited region still boasts a formidable roll call of independent family brewers plus a growing number of excellent microbreweries all dedicated to keeping the craft of brewing caskconditioned beer alive and well. Boddington’s cask is now being brewed at Hydes that, along with Holts and J.W. Lees, forms one third of the Manchester triumvirate of family-run independents, all with brewing tradition stretching well back into the 1800s. Burnley’s 200-year-old Thwaites has returned to form with cricketing hero Freddie Flintoff heading its campaign for Lancaster Bomber Ale and Frederic Robinson’s Brewery in Cheshire is also trumpeting its renewed focus on caskconditioned ales. And on Merseyside one of the biggest stories has been the revival of the fabulous Cains brewery in Liverpool by the teetotal Dusanj brothers.

Mild, once the traditional drink of the region, is also experiencing a revival as both larger independents and smaller microbreweries feel the benefits of a Campaign for Real Alebacked campaign to promote the style. Meanwhile, led by early success stories such as Phoenix, dozens of microbrewers such as Ramsbottom, Pictish, Bazens and Boggarts have sprung up in the last decade or two, often offering a mix of traditional bitters, milds and porters, plus an everchanging selection of small batch seasonal beers, spicing up the offering of the North West’s free trade houses. Along with the beers, pubs and breweries come the people who make this one of the most hospitable places in the country for a beer-lovers tour. Bazens Salford Another recent addition to the burgeoning micro-brew scene in the North West, Bazens has gained a loyal following for its brews since being set up by husband and wife team Richard and Jude Bazen two years ago. Regular beers including the golden Pacific Bitter (3.8%) and malty Black Pig Mild are supplemented with seasonal offerings such as Knoll Street Porter (4.2%) and a range of bottle conditioned ales.

Brewing under the banner of ‘traditional beers for modern tastes’, Bazens mainly supplies local houses in the Greater Manchester area. Tours are possible by appointment. Cains Liverpool Brothers Ajmail and Sudarghara Dusanj splashed in the news when, in 2002, they bought this wonderful red brick Victorian landmark in Liverpool’s regenerating suburb of Toxteth. Successful wholesalers by trade, they poured enthusiasm and cash into the brewery, revitalising brews such as Cains Finest Bitter, IPA and Dark and Mild. These were soon joined by a seasonal roster of beers such as the raisin-infused Fine Raisin Beer (5%) and strong brown ale Dragon Heart (5%). Another hit was Cains Premium British Lager launched in 2005. Much of Cains trade is via wholesale of canned beers, but the brewery owns 11 pubs with plans to open more. Cask ales now in 450 pubs on Merseyside and further afield. There are future plans to open the brewery for tours but for now the best way to taste Cains Bitter is at the fabulous Philharmonic Pub where John Lennon and Co. once drank.

Joseph Holt Manchester When Tesco listed Holt’s citrus-andfruit edged Humdinger (3.5%) in 2004 few casual drinkers had heard of this fourth-generation family-owned brewer. One of the reasons is that Holt’s main brews – the dark and bitter Mild Ale (3.2%) and fullish flavoured Bitter (4%) – are best known as good value beers (read low-priced) in its 130-odd pubs and other free houses in the Greater Manchester area. However, capacity has been expanded, not least to accommodate a growing range of seasonal brews with names like Nuts & Holts (4.1%), Nearly Holt Upright (4.4%) and Thunder Holt (4.5%), and, along with the growing bottled range, the company has been gradually been expanding its reach across the North East and beyond. Worth looking out for are the bottled beers including Humdinger (4.1%), Touchwood (4.5%), Maplemoon (4.8%) and Fifth Sense (5.5%).

Hydes Manchester Hydes rather grandly calls itself ‘The Manchester Brewer’ and there is no doubting both the popularity and commercial success of this 142-yearold family-run company. Originally founded by Alfred and Ralph Hyde in 1863, who had acquired a small brewing concern from their Grandfather Thomas Shaw, the company has continued to thrive under successive Hydes, including Annie Hyde who successfully ran the brewery for a 56-year stretch until 1972. More recently Hydes has doubled its capacity from 100,000 to 200,000 barrels a year – partially due to the contract to brew cask Boddington’s – and is planning further expansion with a £2million build on adjacent land that will double the size of the brewery. It is also looking to increase its estate of 70 pubs. Good to its north western roots, Hydes still brews a Light Mild, a Traditional Mild and a dark, maltinfused Dark Mild (all at 3.5%), plus the balanced Traditional Bitter (3.8%) and fruitier, Jekyll’s Gold Premium (4.3%).

Well worth trying are the range of seasonal craft ales, including Celebration (4%), Inspiration (4.5%) and Insulation (5%). Brewery tours at the Hydes Anvil Brewery (book in advance) take place at 7pm, with last orders at the brewery bar at 10pm. Jennings Cockermouth, Cumbria Fears that this once proudly independent Cumbrian brewer would be shut down following Wolverhampton & Dudley’s buy-out last year have so far proved unfounded, though dark mutterings still remain. For now, though, this 178- year-old company still brews in the shadow of the castle in the market town of Cockermouth where it moved in 1878. And while ales such as the smoothly balanced Cumberland Ale (4%), warming Redbreast (4.5%) and golden bitter Cocker Hoop (4.65) are still at their best in Jennings’ 120 Cumbrian pubs, availability is now increasing across the extensive W&D estates. Tours of the historic Castle Brewery take place daily. J.W.

Lees Manchester Six generations of Lees have been brewing independently for the citizens of north Manchester since 1876, making this brewer something of a local icon. John Willie Lees, grandson of John the founder of the family dynasty, built the brewhouse on its current site and Christopher Lees-Jones and William Lees-Jones are among the several family members who remain at the helm today. Lees now counts around 170 pubs in its estate serving a range of beers including the traditionally light GB Mild (3.5%) and full-flavoured Bitter (4%), plus beers with an inspired seasonal flavour including the summer Scorcher (4%) and Plum Pudding (4.8%) for the depths of winter. Perhaps the most intriguing beer brewed is the Vintage Harvest Ale. It spends time in oak cask previously soaked in either whisky, rum, sherry, calvados or port and at a whopping 11.5% has proved a huge hit in fashionable bars in the United States. These barley wines are available through a handful of specialist shops and Booths.

As for tours, William Lees Jones says that the head brewer and his team like to show people around personally which accounts for the extraordinary three-year waiting list. Phoenix Heywood, Greater Manchester The good news for dedicated followers of Tony Allen’s eagerly quaffed microbrew range is that the characterful Victorian-built Phoenix brewery in which he set up shop in 1992 is soon to open for tours. Countrywide Phoenix is best known for its rich and malty Wobbly Bob (6%), though it is the lighter, hop-fresh Arizona (4.1%) that pulls in devotees in around 500 free-trade pubs across the North East. Other highlights among the 14-odd ales are regular brews such as Black Bee Porter (4.5%) and Monkeytown Mild (3.9%), plus seasonals such as Snow Bound (4.3%). Frederic Robinson’s Brewery Stockport One William Robinson bought the Unicorn Inn in Stockport in 1838 and his son, Frederic, began brewing in 1865, creating the foundations for this regional brewer, still family-run by the fifth and sixth generations of Robinson’s.

With an estate of more than 400 pubs in the North West, and beers increasingly available nationally, Robinson’s is firmly established as a major player in the region. While keg beers are brewed, head brewer Chris Hellin insists that “Robinson’s is very much cask beer orientated as a company.” Consistency is the name of the game, with an original 1920 yeast culture and water drawn from a well beneath the Unicorn Brewery (said to be as deep as the Blackpool tower is high) used to brew a range of beers including the formidably malty, chocolate and spice Old Tom (8.5%) which is a multipleaward winning brew. Unicorn bitter (4.2%) has upbeat citrussy notes, imparted by Goldings whole hops dry hopped in cask, while other highlights include the light and hoppy Hatters (3.3%), fruity Old Stockport (3.5%) and malty-sweet XB (4%). Sample these and other Robinson’s beers following the free brewery tour, though booking in advance is essential.

Moorhouse’s Brewery Burnley This 140-year-old CAMRA favourite has had awards heaped on its cask conditioned ales such as the evocativelynamed Black Cat (3.4%) and Pendle Witches Brew (5.1%) along with seasonal brews such as Santa’s Piste (4.5%) for Christmas and a cracking Halloween spectacular blended from Black Witch, Broomstick Bitter, Witches Cauldron, Witchfinder General and Witchcraft. Managing director David Grant reports that Moorhouses’ 140th year has been its best yet and work is underway on the installation of a new brew plant boosting capacity from 300 barrels a week to 500 a week. Moorhouse’s runs group tours by arrangement that round off a brewery walk and talk with a hearty pea and pie supper plus beer tasting across the road at the brewery tap pub. Thwaites Blackburn The growth in popularity of cask ales has convinced the Yerburgh family to approach their 200-year brewing anniversary in 2007 with a welcome re-emphasis on Thwaites traditional cask beers.

Good news, this, as Thwaites is by far the largest regional player with almost 450 pubs to its name and wide distribution in grocers, off-licences and the free trade. With English cricket hero Freddie Flintoff as the face of its advertising campaign, Thwaites satisfyingly rich and fruity Lancaster Bomber (4.4%) is leading the charge, flanked by beers including the bitter-sweet Dark Mild (3.3%) and hoppy Original (3.6%). A range of seasonal beers such as the Spring-time Blooming Ale (3.9%) and Christmas tipple Good Elf (4.9%) complete the picture. Thwaites may be the oldest brewer in Lancashire, but a visit to its pubs hints at its ability to move with the times. The company took both the Company of the Year Award and Pub Food of the Year Award at the Publican Awards in 2004. Northeast breweries English Breweries - Metapedia English Breweries Jump to: navigation , search English breweries have a long reputation of making some of the best ale beer throughout the world. Here is a list of some breweries and their products.

Contents Adnams Brewery Adnams Adnams was first started in 1872 in Southwold, Suffolk, England when George and Ernest Adnams bought the old Sole Bay Brewery. The company was incorporated in 1890, has remained independent since then, producing a range of beers for distribution mainly in East Anglia. At the beginning of 2004, Adnams purchased land in neighbouring town of Reydon to expand their business with a new distribution centre, which was nominated for the 2007 RICS East of England Award for Sustainability. The earliest recorded brewing on the site of Adnams was in 1396 by Johanna de Corby. The present brewery was taken over by George and Ernest Adnams in 1857 and turned into a public company in 1891. The Adnams family was joined by the Loftus family in 1901, and Adnams still has three members of the family working within the company, with John Adnams as president, Simon Loftus as chairman and Jonathan Adnams as joint managing director. Adnams remains committed to brewing cask ale and non themed pubs.

Real Ale is available in 96 of its 98 pubs and it also supplies some 750 other outlets direct. New fermenting vessels were due to be installed in 2001 to cope with demand. The company produces cask ale and pasteurised bottled beers. Annual production is around 70,000 barrels. Casks of Adnams ale used to be delivered to the pubs of Southwold by horse and dray until September 2006 when the distribution center was moved to a new location three miles outside the town. Adnams' most recent advertising campaign has the slogan: "Beer from the Coast". Adnams is also a major regional wine merchant and pub company. The company founded a charity, The Adnams Charity, in 1990 to celebrate its centenary as a public company. A percentage of the company's annual profits is used to support worthwhile causes within a 25 mile radius of Southwold. Beers Adnams produce three regular cask ales and six seasonal ales: The Bitter - 3.7% session bitter, a regular beer. Explorer - 4.3% best bitter.

Introduced in 2004 as a summer seasonal; became a regular beer from February 2006. Oyster Stout - 4.3% winter stout. Regatta - 4.3% golden ale. Broadside - 4.7% premium bitter, a regular beer. Barley Mow - 5.0% amber ale, rich and full-bodied. May Day - 5.0% golden ale. Tally Ho - 7.0% barley wine, available during the winter months. Old Ale - available from October 2006, "a cold weather beer" (alcohol content not yet known). Plus three pasteurised bottled beers: The Bitter (formerly Suffolk Strong Ale) - 4.5% bottled version of the retired cask Extra. Explorer - 5.5% bottled ale which, like the cask Explorer, is a blend of English and American styles. Broadside - 6.3% bottled strong ale. Bass Bass is the name of a former brewery and the brand name for several English beers originally brewed in Burton upon Trent at Bass Brewery and still brewed in Burton by Coors. Bass is most particularly associated with their pale ale.

The distinctive Red Triangle logo for Bass Pale Ale was Britain's first registered trademark. Bass The Bass & Co Brewery was established by William Bass in 1777 and was one of the first breweries in Burton upon Trent. Early in the company's history, Bass was exporting bottled beer around the world with the Baltic trade being supplied through the port of Hull. Growing demand led to the building of a second brewery in Burton upon Trent in 1799 by Michael Bass, the founder's son, who entered into partnership with John Ratcliff. The water produced from boreholes in the locality became popular with brewers, with 30 different breweries operating in the mid 19th centuries. Michael's son, another Michael succeeded on the death of his father in 1827, renewed the Ratcliff partnership and brought in John Gretton, creating the company of 'Bass, Ratcliff and Gretton' as it traded in the 19th century. The opening of the railway through Burton in 1839 led to Burton becoming pre-eminent as a brewing town. In the mid 1870's Bass, Ratclif and Gretton accounted for one third of Burton's output.

The company became a public limited company in 1888, following the death of Michael in 1884, who was succeeded by his son, another Michael, later Lord Burton. Both Michael Bass and Lord Burton were considerable philanthropists with extensive charitable donations to the towns of Burton and Derby. Early in the 20th century in a declining market many Burton breweries closed down. The numbers fell from 20 in 1900 to 8 in 1928. Bass took over the breweries of Worthington, Walkers and Thomas Salt. By the end of the 20th century, following decades of closures and consolidation, Bass was left with one of the two large breweries remaining in the town. It also had substantial holdings in hotels, now owned by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG).

Over the years of its ascendancy, Bass maintained its dominance in the UK market by the acquisition of other brewers such as Birmingham-based Mitchells & Butlers (1961), London brewer Charringtons (1967), Sheffield brewer William Stones Ltd (1968) and Lincolnshire based Hewitt Brothers Limited (1969) (with the overall company being known as Bass, Mitchells and Butlers or Bass Charrington at various times). The Mitchells and Butlers name lives on as the company that retained the licensed retail outlet business when it was separated from the Six Continents PLC company (the successor to Bass PLC) in 2003. Rudyard Kipling was featured in a magazine advertisement for Bass in 1991. Black Sheep Brewery The Black Sheep Brewery is a brewery in Masham, Yorkshire . Masham is also the home of the Theakston brewery. The Black Sheep brewery was established by Paul Theakston in 1992. Theakston brewery itself had first been taken over by Matthew Brown following disagreements between members of the family and other shareholders. Matthew Brown was in turn taken over by Scottish and Newcastle in 1987.

At this point Paul Theakston left and purchased the former Lightfoot's brewery site from an animal feed company. Black Sheep Paul wanted to use the Lightfoot name to bring back an old brewing tradition; however it was discovered that this name had been trademarked by Scottish and Newcastle. The associations of Masham with sheep led Paul to come up with the name "Sheep Brewery" which later became "Black Sheep" at his wife's suggestion. The brewery produces a range of well-hopped bitters, to distinguish itself from Theakston's range of fruity and yeasty beers. The brewery quickly became successful after formation, and now produces over 50,000 barrels a year. Many pubs in Yorkshire Dales display the Black Sheep logo, even if they do not sell the beer; the brewery manufactures pub signage free of charge including their own logo on each sign. The brewery re-launched their Emmerdale Ale as a lower-alcohol beer (formerly 5%) on 27th January 2006 at The Crown in Manfield for the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). The launch party saw Chris Chittell (Eric Pollard from the Emmerdale TV series) pull the first pint of the new brew.

The night also marked the rebranding of Black Sheep's Special Ale (in cask form) as Black Sheep Ale, the name that it has been sold as in bottles since 1992, bringing both into line. Beers Emmerdale, 4.2% Riggwelter, 5.7% According to the website, "...Riggwelter takes its name from the local Yorkshire Dales dialect – when a sheep is on its back and can’t get up without help, local dialect says it is riggwelted. This dialect word comes from the old Viking words: ‘rigg’ meaning back and ‘velte’ to overturn.".

Riggwelter is also popular in Sweden, being in the top 20 of bottled ales sold in that country Black Sheep Ale (formerly Special Ale in cask form), 4.4% Holy Grail, 4.7% The official Ale of the Monty Python franchise Emmerdale, 4.2% Riggwelter, 5.7% Golden Sheep, 4.7% (produced specially for Tesco as part of their "Finest" range) Yorkshire Square Ale, 5.0%, named after a particular fermentation system originated over 200 years ago using double decked vessels called "squares" made of slate or stone. The brewery still brews some beers in 100 year old slate squares. This beer is available in Morrisons stores. Boddingtons Boddingtons is an English beer, originally from Manchester , United Kingdom that has been brewed for more than 200 years. The bitter is now sold in over 30 countries worldwide, and can be drunk on tap around the world in countries as diverse as New Zealand , China , and the United States .

Boddingtons The Strangeways Brewery was founded by two grain merchants, Thomas Caister and Thomas Fry, in 1778. The location of the brewery, just outside the city center, was chosen to avoid a grain tax levied by local mills that belonged to Manchester Grammar School. Henry Boddington joined the brewery in 1832 as a traveller, and eventually rose up to become a partner in the company. In 1853 he borrowed money to become the sole owner of the enterprise. Boddingtons remained a family company until 1989, when the last Family chairman Mr Ewart Boddington sold the Strangeways brewery and the Boddingtons beer brand to Whitbread for £50.7 million. In May 2000, the Whitbread Beer Company was acquired by Interbrew. Brewed in Manchester since 1778, Boddingtons contains 3.8% and 4.1% alcohol-by-volume in cask.In September 2004, InBev announced plans to close the Strangeways brewery and move production out of Manchester, Lancashire, to Magor in South Wales and Glasgow .

However, the brewing of Boddingtons cask ale was moved to Hydes Brewery in Moss Side, Manchester. Copper Dragon Copper Dragon Copper Dragon Brewery is a brewery located in Skipton, North Yorkshire . They started brewing in 2002 and currently produce five different cask beers, four of which are also available bottled: Best Bitter Bitter 3.8%(cask) Challenger I.P.A. India Pale Ale 4.4%(cask), 4.8%(bottled) Golden Pippin Blonde 3.9%(cask), 4.2%(bottled) Scotts 1816 Bitter 4.1%(cask), 4.4%(bottled) Black Gold Mild 3.7%(cask and bottled) Fuller, Smith and Turner Fuller, Smith and Turner is the full name of the brewery company better known simply as Fuller's. They brew a range of cask ales at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West London. As well as the range of beers, Fuller's brewery is famous for having the oldest wisteria plant in the UK, planted in the early 19th century.

Fuller's bought Gales Brewery, a Hampshire brewer in 2005. This increased the number of tied houses owned by Fuller's by 111, but caused some concern, particularly from Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), at the closure of Gale's Horndean brewery and possible loss of brands. The deal itself was worth £91.8 million. Fuller's London Pride Fuller's has a number of regular brands: Fuller's ESB (Extra Special Bitter) is a strong bitter. ESB has won CAMRA's Best Strong Ale award on seven separate occasions, more times than any other beer. The beer was rebranded from its old black and red livery, to the current blue and gold in late 2004 in an attempt to shake off its reputation as a very strong beer. Fuller's London Pride, the company’s flagship brand, is a mahogany coloured best bitter. The beer is best known in England in its 4.1% cask conditioned form, but is also sold worldwide in 4.7% pasteurized bottles. Fuller's Golden Pride is a barley wine.

At 8.3%, it is the strongest beer in the Fuller's range, and one of the strongest beers widely available in the UK. It is sold in pasteurized 50cl bottles in most Fuller's tied houses, and some UK supermarkets. Fuller's Organic Honey Dew is a golden ale brewed with entirely organic ingredients. As well as malt and hops, it is also brewed with honey, giving it a slightly sweet taste. It is widely available in the UK in pasteurized 50 cl bottles, and is available in keg form all year round in many Fuller's tied houses. Fuller's 1845 is a strong Bottle-conditioned beer. It was first brewed in 1995 to celebrate Fuller's 150th anniversary. 1845 is also available in Fuller's tied houses as a seasonal cask ale. Fuller's Chiswick Bitter is a 3.5% cask conditioned ordinary or session bitter and sold in most Fuller's tied houses. Fuller's London Porter. London Porter is available in pasteurized 50 cl bottles and in Fuller's tied houses as a seasonal cask ale.

Fuller's IPA is a premium bitter produced mostly for export to the United States but also sold seasonally in the United Kingdom in Fuller's tied houses as a cask ale and in 500ml bottles. Fuller's Vintage Ale is a vintage bottle conditioned ale. Each year’s brew is roughly based on Golden Pride, but with minor changes in the recipe. It is generally released around Christmas, and has been made since 1997. Fuller's Hock is a dark mild available in Fuller's tied houses as a seasonal cask ale. Fuller's Discovery is a blonde ale first brewed in 2005, and sold cask conditioned year round and in 50cl pasteurized bottles. Fuller’s Summer Ale is a seasonal blonde ale sold during the summer months both in casks and in 50cl pasteurized bottles. Fuller's Jack Frost is a seasonal ale sold flavoured with blackberries. It is available as a seasonal cask conditioned ale, and in pasteurized 50 cl bottles in the winter. It was introduced in 2000.

Fuller's Red Fox is a ruby coloured seasonal ale introduced in 1999, and flavoured with toasted oats. It is available as a seasonal cask conditioned ale. Fuller's Pale Ale is a pasturized pale ale available in 275ml bottles in most Fullers tied houses. Fuller's Old Winter Ale is a dark seasonal ale sold during winter in 50cl bottles. Fuller's Mr Harry is a deep-amber coloured bitter. Fuller's also brew a range of beers under the George Gales brand: Gales' HSB (Horndean Special Bitter) is a cask conditioned 4.8% premium strength bitter. Gales' Butser is a 3.4% cask conditioned bitter named after the dominant hill in the downs close to the former Gales' brewery at Horndean. Gales' Festival Mild is a 4.8% cask conditioned premium strength mild ale, first brewed as a special for a 1990 beer festival with the aim of helping to revive mild ales . Healthy sales quickly saw it become a regular Gales brand.

Gales' Prize Old Ale is a 9% bottle conditioned beer, sold in a corked bottle. Gales' Swing Low is a 4.1 % bitter brewed seasonally around England rugby tournaments Gales' Trafalgar is a 4.3% seasonal ale brewed to celebrate the 200th Trafalgar Day Gales' Seafarers is a 4.5% ale where a donation from every sale is given to the "King George Fund for Sailors" Gales' Winter Brew is a 4.2 winter ale with which is very similar to Prize Old Ale Greene King Greene King is a British brewery established in 1799 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. It has grown to become the largest British owned brewery in the UK by a series of takeovers which have been the cause of some controversy. The brewery is owned by Greene King PLC, a catering company based and operating in England. It is listed on the London stock exchange, and is a component of the FTSE 250 share index. Greene King's Westgate brewery is situated in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.

It was established in 1799 by Benjamin Greene, the great-grandfather of the famous writer Graham Greene and his brothers Hugh (television executive) and Raymond (Everest mountaineer and physician). There is a visitor center next door to the brewery, and tours can be arranged. The company also owns pubs and hotels including the Hungry Horse pub chain. Greene King dominates the pub scene in many parts of East Anglia, with a large number of both urban and rural establishments. It also has a stand named after it at Ipswich Town's football ground, Portman Road. The company has won awards for its pubs in recent years and Greene King IPA won the Gold award at the 2004 Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Great British Beer Festival in the Bitter category and runner up in the Champion Beer Of Britain category. Greene King Historically Greene King has grown both organically and via merger and acquisition. Key acquisitions in recent years include , Morland (1999) inc Ruddles, Ridley's (2005), Belhaven (2005) & Hardys and Hansons plc (2006).

Of these, only the Belhaven Brewery remains open, with the surviving brews of the other three now being produced at Bury St Edmunds. In August 2007 Greene King announced it had acquired the 35 strong Loch Fyne fish restaurant chain. Beers Abbot Ale - A strong Ale availabe on cask nationally and in bottles from most Supermarkets and off-licences. It is perhaps Greene King's most popular beer. IPA - A cask bitter served in pubs and cans available from supermarkets and off-licences nationally. Ruddles County - A 4.3% bitter available on cask nationally and pasteurized in bottles in most British supermarkets. Ruddles Best Bitter - A traditional 3.7% session bitter with national distribution. Ruddles Orchard - This 4.2% cask bitter consists of Ruddles County with the addition of apple concentrate. Also available pasteurized in bottles. Old Speckled Hen" is a popular bitter, available both as a cask ale and pasteurised in bottles.

First brewed in 1979 by Morland Brewery in Abingdon, Oxfordshire to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MG car company setting up in Abingdon, and named after the brewery's own MG car - the paint splattered Owld' Speckled 'Un. Brewed since 1999 by Greene King. Greene King have retained the unique strain of yeast first used in 1896. In August 2006, Greene King announced that the ABV of draught Old Speckled Hen (cask and keg) would be reduced from 5.2% to 4.5%, though the bottled version would remain at 5.2% Hen's Tooth - A 6.5% bottle conditioned beer. Tanners Jack - ABV 4.4% - Regularly seen across the country as a guest beer, often found in Weatherspoons. Also available in 500ml bottle. Morland Original - ABV 4.0% - Not seen as much as it once was but often pops up in the old Morland heartlands. Also available in 500ml bottle.

Old Bob - Still popular in Essex despite the beer's new journey from Bury St Edmunds; it is 5.1% and available both on cask and bottled. Ridley's IPA - A beer on the verge of extinction, this 3.5% session bitter is now only seen in former Ridley's "tied houses" (i.e. those that were owned by the Ridley's brewery before the Greene King takeover). It is not known how much longer this beer will be available. Olde Trip - A 4.3% Premium Ale. As of September 2007 this was for sale in the Brewery Museum in 500ml bottles. Jennings Brewery Jennings Brewery was established as a family concern in 1828 in the village of Lorton, between Keswick and Cockermouth in the Lake District , England. The brewery was started by John Jennings Snr, son of William Jennings (a maltster). Jennings brewed exclusively in Lorton until 1874 when its present home, the Castle Brewery in Cockermouth, was purchased. The Lorton brewery closed some five years later.

Jennings Brewery brew a range of ales using lakeland water drawn from the brewery's own well, malted Maris Otter barley from Norfolk and Goldings, Fuggles and Challenger hops from Kent, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The malt used by Jennings brewery is screened and crushed rather than ground into a flour to keep the husks as whole as possible. The hops used are flaked rather than the increasingly popular hop pellets available nowadays. Snecklifter Brand In May 2005 Jennings Brewery was purchased by the national brewer, Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, renamed Marston's PLC in January 2007. The purchase was opposed by the Campaign for Real Ale, which feared W&DB would close the Cockermouth brewery. These fears seem to have been unfounded, however, as in June 2005 W&DB announced it would invest £250,000 to expand fermenting and cask racking capacity in Cockermouth. Following the takeover by W&DB, the brewery's distribution centre in Workington was closed and its tied estate of 127 pubs absorbed by the W&DB pub company.

Due to the takeover and subsequent name change, Marston's Pedigree is becoming more common in Jennings pubs. Jennings beers are available across the north of England and are increasingly seen in W&DB pubs in the midlands as well as being sold in free trade outlets throughout the country. Cumberland Ale (4.0% ABV) - Cumberland Ale (or a pint of sausage) has been brewed for over 100 years. The brewery's biggest selling ale. Bitter (3.5% ABV) - The original beer from the Jennings brewery in Cockermouth and the brewery's biggest seller in west Cumbria. Sneck Lifter (5.1% ABV) - Launched in 1990 as a winter beer and moved into all year round in 1995. "Sneck" is a northern word for door latch. A sneck lifter is a man's last sixpence, allowing him to lift the pub's door latch and purchase a pint, whereupon he hopes to make enough friends that they may offer to buy him further rounds. Dark Mild (3.1% ABV) - Due to the decline of milds this is becoming a rare find.

Cocker Hoop (4.6% ABV) - Launched in 1995 as "September Ale". Cock-a-hoop is the old custom of removing the cork from a barrel and resting it on the hoop of the cask before drinking from that barrel. It's name was changed to Cocker Hoop as a reminder of the breweries location on the banks of the River Cocker. Crag Rat (4.3% ABV Mar-Apr) - Launched in May 2001. Named for slang for rock climbers. Has been found available out of season. Golden Host (4.3% ABV Mar-Apr) Tom Fool (4.0% ABV) - Thomas Skelton of Muncaster Castle in the Lake District was known for his pranks or "Tomfoolery". Part of his will reads: "And when I’m bury’d then my friends may drink, but each man pay for his self, yt’s best I thinke!" Fish King (4.3% ABV) - Launched in 2005 when it was brewed as a celebration of the Lake District Osprey Project.

Red Breast (4.5% ABV Oct-Jan) World's Biggest Liar (4.3% ABV) Mountain Man (4.3% ABV) Bitter Smooth (3.5% ABV) - Launched in 1996 Cumberland Cream (4.0% ABV) Laal Cockle Warmer (6.5%% ABV) - Winter seasonal ale from 1995 after former winter ale, Sneck Lifter went to all year round. "La'al" is the Cumbrian word for little and, due to the strength of this ale, it may sometimes be drunk in half pints. Cockle Warmer was last brewed in December 2005 and is unlikely to be brewed again until 2008 at the earliest. John Smith's John Smith's is a brewery founded in 1847 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England when he bought an older brewery. The brewery is currently owned by Scottish & Newcastle. The company brews Websters Yorkshire Bitter and John Smith's Bitter / Extra Smooth, among other brands.John Smith's was originally brewed at the Old Brewery Tadcaster.

However in 1884 William Smith, the brother of John, built a new, bigger brewery nextdoor. Due to John's will the Old Brewery passed to Samuel, his nephew, who founded Samuel Smith's there. John Smith's Despite a take over by Courage in the 1970s and its subsequent take over by Scottish & Newcastle, the Tadcaster brewery is still where John Smith's beers are brewed, mainly due to its excellent site. Although one of the main reasons why the brewery was built: the hard well water of Tadcaster (ideal for brewing) is no longer important due to technological advances, Tadcaster remains ideal as it is only a small town (population around 6,000), therefore there is plenty of land for expansion (the brewery has expanded significantly since 1884) and it is well situated near to the cities of Leeds and York ( Jorvik } and the M1 motorway. The brewery brews roughly 3 million barrels of beer per year. Beers It is best known for John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter, which is the leading brand of bitter in the United Kingdom.

It owes this success partly due to its recent marketing campaign starring popular comedian Peter Kay and developed by the Scottish & Newcastle marketing team who are also responsible for Foster's Lager advertising. John Smith's Bitter is so successful it is in the top 10 beers of Britain competing with usually far more popular lagers. The overwhelming majority of sales of John Smith's is of the Extra Smooth pasteurized and filtered version, served from pressurized kegs, rather than the more traditional version served by pubs from casks. Therefore most John Smith's Bitter produced is not in fact real ale, although a cask version is commonly consumed in Yorkshire pubs and across the UK. Marston's John Marston founded his brewery in 1834, and it moved to its present site in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire , England after Marston's company merged with Thompson's in 1898. In 1999, Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries purchased Marston, Thompson & Evershed PLC of Burton upon Trent (including Marston's Brewery). Marston's Brewery took over production – under licence from Interbrew – of Draught Bass in 2005, succeeding Coors.

Also in 1999 the company purchased the Mansfield Brewery Company of Mansfield. Later, in 2005, the Jennings Brewery of Cockermouth was also purchased and most recently in July 2007 Hampshire based Ringwood Brewery, which was established in 1978. Ringwoods beer portfolio includes Best Bitter, Fortyniner, and Old Thumper. Marston's Marston's Brewery makes use of water from the famous Burton Well, reputedly discovered by Benedictine Monks in the thirteenth century. Marston's is also the only remaining brewer to use Burton Union Sets; a system whereby fermentation barrels and troughs are linked together by a complex system of copper and brass pipework. The basic principle is one of preventing excessive beer and yeast loss through foaming, but the consequence is that the beer is both in contact with more wood and in contact with more beer (fermenting in a bigger volume). This results in a vastly more consistent flavour; and very little chance of a whole batch being ruined. All other large-scale brewers have abandoned this method in favour of stainless steel vats, which while they assure (through volume) a consistent flavour, do not permit the use of traditional yeast varieties.

They also make selective use of the unusual double dropping process which introduces complex flavors due to a period of accelerated yeast growth. Beers Pedigree Marston's flagship beer is Pedigree, a bitter. Typically Marston's uses the standard combination of Maris Otter barley and Fuggles and Goldings hops. Burton Bitter Oyster Stout - Introduced in 1994 as a 4.5% standard stout marketed to accompany oysters. Newcastle Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of dark brown ale. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne , England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries (now a part of Scottish and Newcastle). In August 2005, Scottish and Newcastle closed the Tyne Brewery. The last Brown Ale was brewed at Tyne in April; production was moved across the river to the Federation Brewery in Dunston, Gateshead, where it is brewed by Newcastle Federation Breweries Ltd. Newcastle Brown Ale had been granted Protected Geographical Indication status by the EU. Since Scottish and Newcastle moved production outside of the city, the future of its PGI status is uncertain.

As of December 2006, an application to cancel its PGI status is being considered. In Newcastle, the beer is often called 'Dog' (or simply 'Broon'). The 'Dog' name comes from the euphemism "I'm going to walk the dog" or "I'm going to see a man about a dog" - meaning "I'm going to the pub" - and was further popularized by a 1980s advertising campaign. In southern parts of the country it is often referred to as "Newkie Brown". Newcastle Brown Ale is traditionally sold in pint (more recently 550ml) bottles, and consumed from a 12oz 'Wellington' glass. This allows the drinker to regularly top-up the beer and thereby maintain a frothy 'head'. Newcastle Brown Ale Newcastle Brown Ale was originally created by Colonel J. Porter in 1925, the recipe, however, was adapted over a period of three years to create the flavor that is distinct to the beer today. When first exhibited, Newcastle Brown Ale swept the board at the prestigious 1928 International Brewery Awards. The gold medals from these awards are still featured on the label.

The blue star logo was introduced to the Newcastle Brown Ale bottle in 1928, the year after the beer was launched. The five points of the star represent the five founding breweries of Newcastle, the site of Britain's first commercial breweries. One of these, John Barras, is now commemorated in the pub chain of the same name. In 2000, the beer was renamed "Newcastle Brown" with the "Ale" being removed from the front label. This change, only in the UK, was due to market research claiming that the term "ale" was outdated and costing the company sales in the youth drinking markets. The older name was reinstated with no fanfare in 2004, when it was realized that the change had made no difference to sales. In 2006, a special "Shearer" edition with a black and white label was made in honour of the retiring Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer. The beer was largely unavailable in South East England and the Midlands until a successful promotional campaign in the late 1980s, but is now one of the country's leading bottled ales.

The beer has been available in keg in these areas since late 2003 (although it was available in keg in the Newcastle area before that) and can also be purchased in cans. Widely distributed around the world, at times, over half of the brewery's output is directed overseas to the U.S. In the United States the beer is available in bottles and in keg. The beer is also available in British-themed pubs as a draught beer in Australia and New Zealand , Canada where it is brewed by Foster's Group as part of the reciprocal deal, pursuant to which Foster's Lager is brewed by Scottish & Newcastle in the UK. It is also available in the British Pub in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan . The UK brewed bottled version is widely available in Australian liquor outlets as part of their international range. Timothy Taylors Timothy Taylors Timothy Taylor Brewery started brewing beer in 1858. Originally based in Cook Lane, Keighley , England they moved to larger premises in 1863 at Knowle Spring where they remain to this day.

Timothy Taylor currently have 28 of their own tied pubs in Bingley , Burnley , Colne, Cononley, Fence near Colne, Haworth , Halifax , Heptonstall, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds , Malsis near Cross Hills, Oakworth, Oxenhope, Ripon, Skipton , Thornton and Wadsworth near Hebden Bridge Beers The best known Ale is Landlord, now available in bottle all over the UK, including the major supermarkets. It is the most travelled of the Taylor's ales, and can often be found as a guest ale in many parts of Britain. In Taylor's houses may be found many more Taylor's ales, such as Golden Best, Dark Mild, Best Bitter, Ram Tam, and Porter. In the past Taylor's produced another bottled ale called Northerner, bearing the advertising slogan, For Men of the North. External Links

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